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Wishing Everyone Very Merry Festivities and a Happy Build in the New Year!

Porter Davis is officially closed from Tuesday 23rd December to Monday 5th January. I'm told that Tuesday arvo was PD's Christmas party so suffice to say, very little happened in regards to my build that day. The only change I noticed was that they made sure the whole house was fully locked up, including the garage doors, which they never bother with.

In preparation for handover next year (hopefully early Feb!), I've hit the button on this Sony 60" Full HD TV. Has an RRP of $1599 but as part of the Boxing Day clearance at JB Hifi, they were discounted to $998! I'm sure prices will come down further in a few months but it just so happens that my 10 year old LG 42" Plasma broke down last month so this is good timing. A 60" TV from a name brand for under the magic $1000 mark is a pretty sweet deal so I'm rapt.




A few of other bargains I've scored are

personalised house number plates for $24.99 (originally $49.99)


6 padded wooden bar stools ($189.99 for set of two)




The steam mop was a bit of an impulse buy. I have no idea how good it is or whether it is a good price but seeing I was already buying a few things from Catch of the Day, I figured what the heck. Will provide a review of it once I try it out on the new Bolero floorboards :) 

What did you buy from the Boxing Day sales? 

Update: Oops, turns out steam mops are no good for floorboards! That's what I get for impulse buying. O well, free mop for my friends with tiled floors. :P

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